Abstract

The Bernstein operators allow one to build recursively the Schur functions. We present a recursion formula for k-Schur functions at t = 1 based on combinatorial operators that generalize the Bernstein operators. The recursion leads immediately to a combinatorial interpretation for the expansion coefficients of k-Schur functions at t = 1 in terms of homogeneous symmetric functions. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.